Tiananmen Square ushered in a permanent "green" cloud

On the 23rd, Tiananmen Square lawn is being remodeled. Traditional turf on both sides of the square will “fly” the “clouds” of the bushes.

On the 23rd, in Tiananmen Square, construction workers dug trenches and level land. The green grasses will be planted for the first time on the east and west sides of the Tiananmen Square and trimmed into auspicious clouds.

Tiananmen Square will be "flying" green clouds

Located in the lawn area on the east and west sides of the square, the height is not more than one meter; the national day flower arrangement scale may be reduced.

The green grasses will be planted for the first time on the east and west sides of the Tiananmen Square and trimmed into auspicious clouds. On the 23rd, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Landscaping stated that it will become a permanent green belt and the first three-dimensional green belt in Tiananmen Square. In the future, general festivals will not occupy their sites. The turf renovation project is expected to be completed in mid-to-late April.

The first appearance of a three-dimensional green belt in the square

On the 23rd, after the fences were erected around the lawns on the east and west sides of Tiananmen Square. After the construction of the forklifts and the construction of the land, construction workers began digging grooves and leveling land on both sides of the lawn.

For a long time, Tiananmen Square has not had a three-dimensional green landscape in addition to the National Day. Yang Zhihua, director of the Urban Greening Division of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Landscaping, said that he hopes that there will be a normal three-dimensional greening landscape in Tiananmen Square, not just during major festivals. The City Landscaping Bureau has confirmed the green space renovation program after organizing relevant experts for many research demonstrations. “Change the temporary ones into permanent ones; change the flat ones into three-dimensional ones; you will only be able to see them during the day and night.”

Square National Day will be reduced

Yang Zhihua introduced that the conservation cost of the lawn is high, it also consumes water, and it needs frequent replacement and replanting. For example, every National Day to put flowers, it must occupy the lawn, flowers every year, every year to change the lawn. In the past, the National Day set the flowers will be temporarily transferred to the lawn on both sides of the green space, and then landscaping. After this transformation, green land on both sides of the east and west sides will no longer be easily occupied. "In addition to special and major political activities, the two lawns will remain unchanged." Yang Zhihua said that in the future, general festivals, the scale of Tiananmen Square, will be reduced, both east and west. The flower beds may also be cancelled.

May shrubs are open to visitors

Yang Zhihua said that according to the renovation plan, the height of the hedgerow will be limited to 80 centimeters and will not exceed 1 meter. Because Tiananmen Square is a landscape that looks good, the turf remodeling can't affect the tourist's viewing surface. In addition, the winter plaza is windy. If the height of the hedgerow is too high, it is easy to attract the wind and the plant survival is also affected. It is expected that the renovation project will be completed in the middle or late April. May officially open to visitors.

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Two kinds of green shrubs do not fall off in winter

According to a person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Landscape and Landscaping, the first time to enter the hedgerow in Tiananmen Square will be dominated by large-leaved Cyclovirobuxine.

Euonymus japonicus is an evergreen shrub that is relatively hardy and can be trimmed plastically. This time, it will be trimmed into a cloud pattern.

The gold leaf privet is a semi-green shrub, with a golden yellow color in the growing season. Commonly used for group words or patterns in Green Plaza. It does not require strict soil requirements and has strong cold-resistance. In the Beijing-Tianjin region, it can maintain its leaves in winter. Moreover, it has strong resistance to diseases and it rarely harms pests.

- Background

More and more Tiananmen Square green space

The original pine forests and green areas surrounding the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall and the People’s Heroes Memorial are within the square.

In 1999, Tiananmen Square was rebuilt on a large scale and two new green spaces were added. Located on the east and west sides of the northern half of the central square, they cover an area of ​​9,600 square meters and represent the country’s 9.6 million square kilometers of land.

In 2011, lawns in the square were first introduced with green shrubs, mainly lobular boxwood, and gold leaf privet rimmed.

Triple effect after planting a shrub

Night lighting

After the renovation, the green shrubs will be planted and the clouds will be built. The night lighting facilities will also be added, and they will look good day and night.

Release oxygen

Compared with the three-dimensional greening landscape, the greening effect of the lawn is poor, and the ecological function is also relatively poor. For example, the ecological effect of releasing oxygen from a single lawn is limited and is lower than that of the shrubs and shrubs.

Reduce the temperature

After the green space is completed, it will effectively enrich the green level of the square and increase the color of the square green space. At the same time, it plays an important role in alleviating the heat island effect in Tiananmen Square.